AS Trenčín

AS Trenčín

Full name	Asociácia športov Trenčín a.s.[1]
Founded	1992 (1992)
Ground	Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín
Ground Capacity	3,500
Owner	Tschen La Ling
Chairman	Róbert Rybníček
Manager	Martin Ševela
League	Fortuna Liga
2014–15	Fortuna Liga, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

AS Trenčín is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak Super Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the Štadión na Sihoti with a capacity of 4,500 spectators.

History

The football team was established in 1992 as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín and started in the third division of the Czechoslovak competition, finishing one place below TTS Trenčín. Afterwards both clubs merged. Later, the club spent three seasons (1994–1997) in the second division in Slovakia.^[2] Since 1997, Trenčín has continuously played in the Slovak first division.

In 2002 the club changed its name to FK Laugaricio Trenčín, and one year later became FK AS Trenčín (Araver a Synot Trenčín).

The club's biggest success so far was winning the national title in the 2014–15 season and reaching second place in the 2013–14 season. Trenčín has also made four appearances in the Intertoto Cup (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002). It is owned by former Dutch international Tschen La Ling.^[3] After 11 seasons in the top level the club was relegated after the 2007–08 season.^[2]

In July 2015, FK AS Trenčín together with women's handball team HK Štart Trenčín was merged into Asociácia športov Trenčín.^[4]

Events timeline

• 1992: Founded as TJ Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
• 1995: Renamed FK Ozeta Dukla Trenčín
• 2002: Renamed Laugaricio Trenčín
• 2003: Renamed FK AS Trenčín

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with AS Trenčín:

• FC Baník Horná Nitra (2011–present)^[5]
• FK Slovan Nemšová (2012–present)^[6]
• AFC Ajax (2012–present)^[7]
• AGOVV Apeldoorn (2012–2013)^[8]
• VSV TONEGIDO (2007–2008)^[9]

Supporters

The club has a fairly large support in the country and have an active ultras group. They have a fierce rivalry with Spartak Trnava.^[10][11] The club is one of the very few in the region with politically left-wing fans.^[12]

Sponsorship

Club partners

Current squad

As of 12 February 2016^[13] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Lukáš Skovajsa 3 DF Milan Rundić 5 DF Tomáš Šalata 6 DF Martin Šulek 7 MF Mitchell Schet 8 MF Ryan Koolwijk (3rd captain) 9 FW Gino van Kessel 10 MF Rabiu Ibrahim 14 MF Jakub Holúbek 15 DF Kingsley Madu 16 FW Aliko Bala 18 DF James Lawrence

No. Position Player 19 FW Dávid Guba 20 MF Matúš Opatovský 21 MF Matúš Bero 24 GK Igor Šemrinec (vice-captain) 25 FW Stefan Maierhofer 26 MF Cchung-Jao Jin 27 MF Denis Jančo 30 GK Matej Vozár 32 GK Adrián Chovan 37 DF Peter Kleščík (captain) -- FW Samuel Kalu -- DF Christopher Maduka -- DF Rafael Martins Vieira da Silva

For recent transfers, see List of Slovak football transfers winter 2015–16.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 5 MF Damián Bariš (at Nové Mesto nad Váhom) DF Michal Ranko (at Nemšová) DF Stanislav Kvasnica (at Trenčianske Stankovce) DF René Šiko (at Bánovce nad Bebravou) DF Peter Valla (at Skalica) MF Marek Frimmel (at Nové Mesto nad Váhom)

No. Position Player MF Lukáš Kyselica (at Nemšová) MF Peter Mazan (at Zlaté Moravce) FW Tomáš Malec (at SK Sigma Olomouc) FW Martin Jurica (at Nemšová) FW Gabriel Bezák (at SFM Senec)

Managers

Current technical staff

As of 23 September 2013

Staff	Job title
Martin Ševela	Manager
Vladimír Cifranič	Assistant manager
Norbert Guľa	Assistant manager
Leo van Veen	Assistant manager
Roman Hodál	Goalkeeping coach
Jozef Hollý	Team Leader
Drahoslav Bočák	Team Manager
Branislav Haviernik	Scout
Dr Jozef Takáč	Team Doctor
Jozef Liška	Physiotherapist
Peter Gašperák	Masseur

Honours

Domestic

Czechoslovakia

• Czechoslovak First League (1925–1993)
  • Runners-up (1): 1962–63 ¹
  • Third Place (1): 1967–68 ¹

Slovakia

• Slovak League (1993–Present)
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
  • Runners-up (1): 2013–14
• Slovak Cup (1961–Present)
  • Winners (2): 1978¹, 2015
• Slovakian Second Division (1993–Present)
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
  • Runners-up (3): 1997, 2008–09, 2009–10

¹ – As Jednota Trenčín

Czechoslovak and Slovak Top Goalscorer

The Czechoslovak League top scorer from 1944–45 until 1992–93. Since the 1993–94 Slovak League Top scorer.

Year	Winner	G
1964–65	Pavol Bencz	19
1998–99	Martin Fabuš	19
2002–03	Martin Fabuš	201
2012–13	David Depetris	16
2013–14	Tomáš Malec	14

¹Shared award

European

• Mitropa Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1966 ¹

¹ – As Jednota Trenčín

UEFA Ranking

This is the current 2015–16 UEFA coefficient:

Rank	Team	Coefficient
247	Aberdeen F.C.	5.460
248	Ermis Aradippou	5.435
249	AS Trenčín	5.400
250	NK Osijek	5.275
251	Odds BK	5.250

• Full list

Transfers

AS have produced numerous players who have gone on to represent the Slovak national football team. Over the last period there has been a steady increase of young players leaving Trenčín after a few years of first team football and moving on to play football in leagues of a higher standard, with the Russian Football Premier League (Martin Škrteľ to FC Zenit in 2004), Belgian Pro League (Moses Simon and Haris Hajradinović to K.A.A. Gent in 2014, Wesley to Club Brugge KV in 2016), Danish Superliga (Stanislav Lobotka and Ramón to FC Nordsjælland in 2015, Fanendo Adi to F.C. Copenhagen in 2013) and Greece Superleague (Jairo to PAOK FC in 2015).

Record transfers

Rank	Player	To	Fee	Year
1.	Wesley	Club Brugge	€1.0 million*	2016[14]
2.	Moses Simon	K.A.A. Gent	€0.8 million*	2015[15]
3.	Jairo	PAOK FC	€0.8 million*	2015[16]

*-unofficial fee

Results

League and Cup history

Slovak League only (1993-present)

Season	Division (Name)	Pos./Teams	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (Goals)
1993-94	3rd (2.Liga)
1994–1995	2nd (1. Liga)	7/(16)	30	13	5	12	54	40	44				Formanko (16)
1995–1996	2nd (1. Liga)	9/(16)	30	10	7	13	41	42	37
1996–1997	2nd (1. Liga)	2/(18)	34	24	2	8	68	30	74
1997–1998	1st (Mars Superliga)	4/(16)	30	14	5	9	47	31	53	2.R			Martin Fabuš (16)
1998–1999	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(16)	30	15	8	7	53	25	53	1.R	UI	2.R (Baltika)	Martin Fabuš (19)
1999–2000	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(16)	30	13	8	9	38	29	47	2.R	UI	1.R (Pobeda)	Jozef Valachovič (7)
2000–2001	1st (Mars Superliga)	8/(10)	36	11	6	19	35	59	39	2.R	UI	1.R (Dinaburg)	Marián Klago (6)
2001–2002	1st (Mars Superliga)	5/(10)	36	15	9	12	45	43	54	2.R			Martin Fabuš (9)
2002–2003	1st (Superliga)	9/(10)	36	11	5	20	48	69	38	2.R	UI	1.R (Slaven Belupo)	Milan Ivana (10)
2003–2004	1st (Corgoň Liga)	5/(10)	36	13	9	14	37	43	48	1.R			Stanislav Velický (7)
2004–2005	1st (Corgoň Liga)	8/(10)	36	12	7	17	36	50	43	2.R			Ivan Lietava (9)
2005–2006	1st (Corgoň Liga)	7/(10)	36	11	9	16	31	49	42	Quarter-finals			Jaroslav Kamenský (6)
2006–2007	1st (Corgoň Liga)	11/(12)	36	8	11	17	31	49	35	2.R			Juraj Czinege (4)
2007–2008	1st (Corgoň Liga)	12/(12)	33	3	7	23	26	77	16	3.R			David Depetris (4)
2008–2009	2nd (1. liga)	2/(12)	33	19	9	5	74	27	66	1.R			David Depetris (21)
2009–2010	2nd (1. liga)	2/(12)	27	13	11	3	53	21	50	3.R			Filip Hlohovský (7) Jorge Salinas (7)
2010–2011	2nd (1. liga)	1/(12)	33	22	6	5	77	30	72	3.R			David Depetris (31)
2011–2012	1st (Corgoň Liga)	5/(12)	33	12	12	9	51	49	48	3.R			Lester Peltier (11)
2012–2013	1st (Corgoň Liga)	3/(12)	33	14	11	8	52	34	18	3.R			David Depetris (16)
2013–2014	1st (Corgoň Liga)	2/(12)	33	19	6	8	74	35	63	2.R	EL	Q3 Astra	Tomáš Malec (14)
2014–2015	1st (Fortuna Liga)	1/(12)	33	23	5	5	67	28	74	Winner	EL	Q3 Hull City	Jairo (8)

European competition history

^{Until 1992 played as Jednota Trenčín}

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1966	Mitropa Cup
		1. Round	Admira Wien	4–0	1–2	5–2
		1/4 Final	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	1–0	4–1
		Semi-Final	Vasas SC	1–0
		Final	ACF Fiorentina		0–1
1967–68	Mitropa Cup	1 .Round	Željezničar	0–1	0–0	0–1
1998	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg FC	1–1	4–1	5–1
		2. Round	FC Baltika	0–1	0–0	0–1
1999	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	FK Pobeda	3–1	1–3	4–4 (p)
2000	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	Dinaburg FC	0–3	0–1	0–4
2002	Intertoto Cup	1. Round	NK Slaven Belupo	3–1	0–5	3–6
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	2Q	IFK Göteborg	2–1	0–0	2–1
		3Q	FC Astra Giurgiu	1–3	2–2	3–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	FK Vojvodina	4–0	0–3	4–3
		3Q	Hull City A.F.C.	0–0	1–2	1–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	FC Steaua București	0–2	3–2	3–4

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for AS.

For full list, see Category:FK AS Trenčín players

Managers

Previous kits

The first home Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The first away Ozeta Dukla kit, worn in 1994–95.	The typical Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.
The alternative Ozeta Dukla kit, as worn in 1996–03.	The home FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.	The away FK Laugaricio kit and the older FK AS kit, worn in 2003–08.

References

External links

• Official website (Slovak) (English)
• AS Trenčín on Facebook
• AS Trenčín's channel on YouTube